Kick Your Home Studio Into High Gear With Up to 18 Inputs!

Home-studio owners and recording bands will have no shortage of ins or outs with the PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL -- the USB 2.0 audio and MIDI interface supports up to 18 channels of connectivity, thanks to its 8 XMAX mic preamps and ADAT and S/PDIF inputs and outputs. Designed to integrate hardware and software seamlessly, the recording system offers more than just a lot of I/O; the AudioBox 1818VSL also offers a computer-based mixer, signal processing with no audible delay, a range of professional effects, Studio One Artist digital audio workstation (DAW) software, and more. This multi-functional interface is ideal for both touring musicians and desktop producers.

Tight Integration of PreSonus Hardware and Software

Having the AudioBox 1818VSL in your rack is like having a PreSonus StudioLive digital mixer on hand, since the unit includes the same reverb and delay effects and the same Fat Channel effects as the StudioLive digital mixer, when used with PreSonus Virtual StudioLive (VSL) software and your computer. Virtual StudioLive Fat Channel software helps create a virtual 26 x 18 mixer for effects-driven monitoring and mixing; use it to get reverb, delay, high-pass filter, dynamics processing, and EQ for each analog input and playback stream, with almost no latency.

Since Studio One Artist software comes with the AudioBox 1818VSL, you have everything you need to get started recording, right out of the box: DAW software, an 18-channel audio interface, a virtual mixer, dynamics processing and EQ, and reverb and delay effects on dedicated buses.

Note that the speed of your processor, amount of RAM and size and speed of your hard drive will greatly affect the overall performance of your recording system. Also, a more powerful system (faster processor with more RAM) will allow for lower latency (signal delay) that you might experience while monitoring audio or MIDI signals.

Weight, Dimensions, and Manufacturer Part Numbers

Base Item

Shipping Weight:
9 lbs

Shipping Dimensions:
24 x
12 x
5 in

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN):
AB1818VSL

with Eris E8 Package

Shipping Weight:
63 lbs

Warehouse Resealed

Shipping Weight:
9 lbs

Shipping Dimensions:
24 x
12 x
5 in

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN):
AB1818VSL

Presonus Warranty
Presonus offers a one year warranty (parts and labor) on all new products. All non-new Presonus products carry a limited warranty of 90 days.

If you have additional warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer at 225-216-7887

Product Description

Recording bands and project-studio owners will love the revolutionary 18-channel, rack-mount PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL because it has the power of an 18 x18 StudioLive digital mixer, including signal processing with near-zero latency and the same high-end pro audio quality, including high-headroom XMAX Class A preamps. Plus delay, reverb, and a complete PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2 Fat Channel for compression, limiting, downward expansion, parametric EQ, and high-pass filter on all inputs and playback streams. These effects are so good that you can print them to disk or route them through your P.A. onstage!

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"Presonus 1818vsl"

Overall:
Nicely built unit..Very quiet preamps.Virtual Studio Live is awesome. IPAD control not out at the time of this review. I use this in conjunction with Studio One Professional. Very easy to get set up...

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"Works even without a computer!!!"

Overall:
I was hesitant about buying this interface because of the last review submitted June 5, 2013. It made me feel as though I'd be missing a feature I wasn't even sure I'd need.
CAN IT BE USED AS A MIXER OR NOT?
However I own the 44vsl which has pretty much the same front panel controls as the 1818 VSL, except the 1818VSL has 4 more mic pres and 4 more gain knobs.
"YES IT CAN!!!"
What the previous reviewer didn't realize is that while this interface is designed to work primarily with a USB computer setup and the VSL software, it also works great in "standalone" mode even as a mixer.
"HOW?"
This is possible by tuning the front panel knob labeled "Inputs"/"VSL"(MIXER).In actuality when the knob is turned to "VSL" it causes the interface to depend on the computer and DAW to route any audio signal coming in through the inputs or out to the headphones or back panel outputs. When the knob is turned to the side labeled "Inputs", the interface acts as a small format mixer with very basic controls.
"TRIED AND TRUE"
I plugged in my electric guitar, turned the knob all the way to "Inputs" turned up the gain a bit and with a pair of headphones in the Headphone jack I could hear the guitar signal loud and clear. It wasn't designed to work as a Mackie or an Allen and Heath mixer, although on a very basic level the Presonus Engineers did a good job of designing it so that it can take in and route sound without the use of a computer. How a professional sound engineer overlooks this I don't know! PRESONUS makes a quality interface!

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